ROCK VIDIOCY WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE (You Can't Buy)

Back a few months ago, something unusual happened: Captain Beefheart was on TV. That may not sound like much, but it was. Near as I can figure, it must've been only the third or fourth time Beefheart—aka Don Van Vliet —has ever had a television audience.

April 3, 1983
DAVE DiMARTINO

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